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Problems with Plex
Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 4:55 pm
by thomasps
I installed Plex as an Amahi app. However, I'm having problems: it does not seem to detect anything.
I have Greyhole.
Mounted SMB shares locally
Added the following folder to plex: /mnt/samba/Movies/Documentaries
No videos is listed in Plex
Triggered a manual deep scan. Still nothing.
Am I doing something wrong? Any permission issue with the SMB shares?
Re: Problems with Plex
Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 6:31 pm
by bigfoot65
Check the permissions of the mount point. They should be first admin user:users.
Re: Problems with Plex
Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 7:13 pm
by thomasps
Check the permissions of the mount point. They should be first admin user:users.
It shows:
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ls -la /mnt/samba/Movies/
drwxrwx--- 0 thomas users 0 May 22 17:53 Documentaries
which is the first admin user (I believe)
Re: Problems with Plex
Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 7:23 pm
by bigfoot65
Looks like the permissions are incorrect. Should be 775 and appear to be 770. That may be the issue.
Re: Problems with Plex
Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 7:34 pm
by thomasps
Got it. Thanks!
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Re: Problems with Plex
Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 6:17 am
by bigfoot65
You are welcome. So is this resolved?
Re: Problems with Plex
Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 6:30 pm
by thomasps
You are welcome. So is this resolved?
No
But that appears to be because I might have not given the correct chmod. Are you able to tell me how to give the appropriate permission to the mnt/samba/ folders keeping in mind this was setup to mount them automatically as per the wiki?
Thanks.
Re: Problems with Plex
Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 7:03 pm
by bigfoot65
Re: Problems with Plex
Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 7:12 pm
by bigfoot65
Another question. Why do you need to point to the /mnt/samba location? Plex is just accessing files as read only, so no writing is taking place. I would suggest pointing it to the normal shares in /var/hda/files.
Re: Problems with Plex
Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 7:24 pm
by thomasps
Another question. Why do you need to point to the /mnt/samba location? Plex is just accessing files as read only, so no writing is taking place. I would suggest pointing it to the normal shares in /var/hda/files.
Good point... I don't know why I'm pointing there
Perhaps, because using Greyhole I've been warned not to ever mess with /var/hda/files ...